🧭 Global Market Daily Review | May 13, 2025

🌍 Global Equity Markets Overview

🇺🇸 United States

U.S. markets rallied sharply across the board, signaling broad investor optimism driven by cooling inflationary pressures and strong corporate earnings:

• NASDAQ: 18,708.34 ▲ +4.35%
• S&P 500: 5,844.19 ▲ +3.26%
• Dow Jones (DJIA): 42,410.10 ▲ +2.81%
• Russell 2000: 2,092.20 ▲ +3.42%
• VIX (Volatility Index): ↓ -16.03% to 18.39 – indicating reduced market fear.

🌎 Americas (Canada & Brazil)

• S&P/TSX (Canada): ▲ +0.69%
• Bovespa (Brazil): ▲ +0.04% – flat performance

🇪🇺 Europe

A positive day in Europe, albeit with more modest gains:

• EURO STOXX 50: ▲ +1.56%
• Euronext 100: ▲ +1.67%
• CAC 40 (France): ▲ +1.37%
• DAX (Germany): ▲ +0.29%
• FTSE 100 (UK): ▲ +0.59%
• MSCI Europe: ▼ -0.20%

Currency weakness in the euro and pound may have supported local stock performance by boosting export competitiveness.

🌏 Asia-Pacific

Mixed performance across the region:

• Nikkei 225 (Japan): ▲ +1.80%
• S&P/ASX 200 (Australia): ▲ +0.39%
• Shanghai Composite (China): ▲ +0.18%
• KOSPI (Korea): ▼ -0.13%
• Hang Seng (Hong Kong): ▼ -1.52%
• Sensex (India): ▼ -0.82%

💱 Currencies & FX

• US Dollar Index (DXY): ▼ -0.25% to 101.54
• Japanese Yen (USD/JPY): ↓ -2.12% – sharp depreciation
• Euro (EUR/USD) and British Pound (GBP/USD): both fell against the USD

Currency movements indicate strength in the dollar and volatility in Asian markets.

🛢 Commodities

• Gold: $3,260.20/oz ▲ +1.00%
• Silver: ▲ +1.80%
• Natural Gas: ▲ +1.56%
• Brent Crude: ▼ -0.08%
• WTI Crude: ▼ -0.13%
• Copper: ▲ +0.47%

Precious metals rose on risk hedging, while oil prices were flat, reflecting supply-demand uncertainties.

📉 U.S. Treasury Yields

• 5-Year Yield: 4.101% ▲ +2.86%
• 10-Year Yield: 4.457% ▲ +1.87%
• 30-Year Yield: 4.888% ▲ +1.14%

Yields climbed higher, reflecting investor expectations for sustained interest rates and ongoing economic resilience.

🏦 Sector Performance – S&P 500

Daily Performance:

• Technology: ▲ +4.63%
• Consumer Discretionary: ▲ +5.39%
• Industrials: ▲ +2.90%
• Financials: ▲ +2.08%

Year-to-Date (YTD) Performance:

• Basic Materials: ▲ +7.39%
• Financials: ▲ +4.52%
• Consumer Staples: ▲ +3.86%
• Technology: ▼ -3.54%
• Healthcare: ▼ -2.64%

Rotation into value and cyclical sectors continues while tech has lagged YTD despite today’s bounce.

📊 Notable Stock Movers

🚀 Biggest Gainers:

• Kindly MD (KDLY): ▲ +251.03%
• DevvStream (DEVS): ▲ +290.93%
• Gryphon Mining (GRYP): ▲ +173.08%
• NRG Energy (NRG): ▲ +26.21%
• Five Below (FIVE): ▲ +21.40%
• Meta (META): ▲ +7.92%
• Amazon (AMZN): ▲ +8.07%
• Tesla (TSLA): ▲ +6.75%
• Coinbase (COIN): ▲ +3.96%
• Shopify (SHOP): ▲ +13.70%

💡 High Volume Watchlist:

• NVIDIA (NVDA): ▲ +5.44%
• Lucid Motors (LCID): ▲ +4.38%
• Palantir (PLTR): ▲ +0.99% (YTD: +447%)

Tech and AI-focused stocks rebounded strongly, continuing to attract speculative flows.

🪙 Cryptocurrency Market

A broad correction across major cryptocurrencies:

• Bitcoin (BTC): $102,305 ▼ -1.58%
• Ethereum (ETH): ▼ -2.36%
• Solana (SOL): ▼ -3.08%
• Dogecoin (DOGE): ▼ -7.34%
• XRP: ▲ +3.48%

Crypto markets are likely experiencing a healthy pullback after several months of strong rallies.

📌 Key Takeaways

✅ U.S. stocks rallied on strong risk appetite and optimism
✅ The VIX index plummeted, signaling renewed confidence
✅ Bond yields rose – markets still expect sticky rates
✅ Tech stocks outperformed, led by AI and semiconductors
✅ Cryptocurrencies dipped across the board in a broad correction